Ironing board and table



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A. A. WYS'ONG.

IRONING BOARD AND TABLE.

No. 316,928. Patented App 28, 1885.

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IIRONING BOARD AND TABLE.

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ANN AMELIA VVYSONG, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IRONING BOARD AND TABLE.

SPECIPICATIQNforming part of- Letters Patent No. 316,928, dated April 28, 1885.

Application filed July 31, 1884.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANN AMELIA WYsoNG. of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Boards and Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an article of furniture for ironing purposes, the same representing strength, firmness, durability, utility, economy of space, and adaptability of all its parts to the purposes for which they are intended. The same consists in such details of construction and combination of parts as will hereinafter be distinctly pointed out and claimed.

Referring to the annexed sheets of drawings, Figure 1 represents my invention in perspective when open and ready for use. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the structure, and Fig. 3 a vertical front elevation of the same when folded up or closed.

Reference being had by the letters, A represents the main compartment or receptacle.

At the end thereof, on the right, are two small compartments, 1) b, which are separated from the main compartment by the partition a, and from each other by a partition not shown.

13 represents theironingboard, upon which to iron dresses, skirts, shirts, &c., which rests on the top of the partition a, as shown. Dresses, skirts, and other wide articles, when placed upon the board, will rest upon the floor or bottom of the main compartment beneath, and thus are they protected from being soiled and rumpled while being ironed. The end wall, a, opposite to the partition a, is provided with a small hinged door, 0, which opens outwardly, and is formed in its top edge with a recess, c. When said door is closed, the our} oftheboard B is received into this recess, a1 dzis thereby supported. The

end of the ironing-"board, resting as it does on the top of the partition a, is firmly held in (No modem position by a metal plate, m, through which pass two iron rods or bolts, 0 0, extending down through the outer wall of compartment 1) and the bottom thereof, where they are secured by nuts or otherwise. The ironingboard B is further secured by two or more screws where it crosses the partition a, and when necessary, as before stated, it is supported at its other end by the hinged door 0 in the end wall of the large compartment. A further object of this door is to permit, when the same is opened, the clothes-such as dresses, skirts, &c.-to be passed through and drawn upon the board B.

The front of the main compartment A is provided with a hinged door, 0, which is constructed of two panels hinged together, by which the same, when opened, can be folded out of the way of the operator.

In the compartment 1), which is provided with shelves, is kept all the small articles used in washing and ironingsucl1 as smoothingirons, clothes-pins, soaps, starch, 8:0. It is also provided at its top with an outwardlyopening hinged door, I)".

The compartment 1) is provided at its top with a hinged cover or lid, as shown, and is designed as a receptacle for the smaller articles-such as handkerchiefs, stockings, towels, &C.-afte1' they have been sprinkled and are ready to be ironed.

Hinged to the rear side of the receptacle, at each end thereof, are supports or legs d, for supporting the large hinged leaf or table a, on which are intended to be ironed the larger articles-such as sheets, table-cloths, &-c. These supports 01 are closed in against the side of the receptacle when not in use.

The large leaf or table a, which forms the top or cover of the receptacle,can be partially raised and supported at each end when desired to simply use the ironing-board B. The small leaf or table 6, hinged to the end wall of the receptacle, as shown, is supported by suitable brackets, 6. These brackets close in against the receptacle similarly as do the legs or supports d.

D represents four supporting legs or posts for the entire structure, whose sides project slightly beyond the sides of the receptacle, so that when the bracket (2' and supports cl are closed in they will be brought about flush with said posts, thus giving to the receptacle a neater appearance.

Hinged to the partition a at the bottom isa strip or arm, E, which is divided and hinged at its middle similarly as the door 0, so as to enable it to be folded up. This strip is designed for the purpose of preventing garments, when placed upon the board B, from falling off or out when the door is opened.

It is usually desirable when clothes are taken from the line and placed in the clothes-basket that they should be protected from dust, both before sprinkling them and after they are sprinkled and ready to be ironed. The large apartment, being of size sufficient to receive and hold the basket, answers this purpose. It will also serve as a place for the clothesbasket when not in use. For economy of space my'invention will be found very advantageous, and it will be obvious that it can, ifdesired, be used for other purposes than those named. Dressmakers will find it a useful addition to their sewing-rooms.

It will be seen that three or more persons can iron at the same time without being at all in the way of each other.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination, with the body of the chest or receptacle having the door 0, with the supporting-door cwith the hinged arm E beneath saidironing-board, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANN AMELIA XVYSONG.

Vitn esses:

JAMES C. RUSSELL, FRANK B. MARBOURG. 

